Tasting of 120 wines du Jura – the «Vin Jaune» and Chateau Chalon
The description of the conditions of this event has been made in the message concerning the reds.
On my notes, the figures preceding the name of a wine are : day one or day two, and the position of the wine in the order of tasting, from 1 to 120.
during this tasting, I have “met” wines which deserve 100 Parker points.
If it is one of the conclusions of this tasting, it is a very important one.

Second day, after the lunch.
2 - 100 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1958 - «aspect» : nice gold copper - «nose» : calm, agreeable, not offensive - «taste» : agreeable for the beginning of the second session after the lunch, because not very typed «Vin Jaune». I like rather well this wine.
2 - 101 - «Vin Jaune», Bourdy - 1957 - «aspect» : gold very nice - «nose» : very pure - «taste» : very good, nice acidity, very agreeable, nice - «comment» : very agreeable
2 - 102 - «Vin Jaune», Bourdy - 1956 - «aspect» : nice gold - «nose» : very agreeable, sweet - «taste» : final rather disagreeable, delivers not very much interest. Acidity intense - «comment» : it is a Chateau Chalon "playing" in the category «Vin Jaune», because the appellation has been refused
2 - 103 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1955 - «aspect» : nice gold - «nose» : a little milky - «taste» : is not very Chateau Chalon. Agreeable, integrated, astringent final, much of woody dry - «comment» : I do not like too much (I have drunk some better of this year and of Bourdy)
2 - 104 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1954 - «aspect» : gold very intense - «nose» : a little milky too, a little strict - «taste» : agreeable, salty, coloured, expressive. Too much salty. It has anyway much character
2 - 105 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1953 - «aspect» : magnificent of balance, gold green very nice - «nose» : superb, nice - «taste» : magnificent, it is nice, and it is rather not very Chateau Chalon. Nice balance - «comment» : very elegant
2 - 106 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1952 - «aspect» : very gold - «nose» : nice nose - «taste» : magnificent. This one, it is a true Chateau Chalon, the first true of the serie. It is great, long, solid, square - «comment» : I have discussed for a long time about this concept of a "true" Chateau Chalon with Christian Bourdy, born in 1928, who swears only on the CC 1865 !
2 - 107 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1951 - «aspect» : nicely clear - «nose» : ‘clou of girofle’, spices - «taste» : a little austere, bitter, even if it is very Chateau Chalon. Lacks a little of ‘joie of vivre’. - «comment» : Olivier Poussier shouts : "it is a Tarragone !"
2 - 108 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1949 - «aspect» : magnificent - «nose» : of honey sweet, nice, magic - «taste» : magnificent mouth of skin of citrus green, What a great balance ! It is nice. the final is gorgeous - «comment» : Wine gorgeous, it has charactéristics common with the Chateau Chalon Clos des Logaudes 1864 that I have drunk some days before
2 - 109 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1948 - «aspect» : wine with original cork - gold discrete - «nose» : magnificent, but to let breathe - «taste» : very nice. It’s not flashy, but it is solid. It is a nice wine, a little tight in final, but very acceptable. A little austere
2 - 110 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1947 - «aspect» : gold fantastic - «nose» : it is the first which has the true nose of Chateau Chalon with its complexity and its nut - «taste» : the perfection absolute of Chateau Chalon. It is absolutely perfect and the length infinite - «comment» : Perfect I give it four crosses. We are at 99 or 100 points Parker
2 - 111 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1945 - «aspect» : gold dark more pronounced - «nose» : discrete, alcohol strong - «taste» : very nice, integrated, round joyful, but it is a deviated form of Chateau Chalon. - «comment» : Very agreeable, even if not archetypal
2 - 112 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1942 - «aspect» : very nice gold balanced - «nose» : very balanced, very nice, very seductive - «taste» : magnificent of balance, it is nice. Lacks a little of exuberance. It is anyway very balanced (lacks a little of madness) - «comment» : it is very nice. Final immense. At this stage, I rank 47/49/42
2 - 113 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1937 - «aspect» : gold a little troubled - «nose» : very discrete, calm, not a nose of Chateau Chalon - «taste» : more comfortable, a little politically correct, evokes a marc, but in sweet. Agreeable, but too much evolved
2 - 114 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1935 - «aspect» : gold a little grey - «nose» : supérieur - «taste» : magnificent, extraordinary balance, it is round, it is nice, final of dream - «comment» : it is a very nice wine. It must be said that this particular wine has spent eleven years in barrels (first reason, war, and second, forgotten) !!
2 - 115 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1934 - «aspect» : gold magnificent - «nose» : a refinement exceptional - «taste» : very fluid, looks simple, but has a complexity incredible. the ultimate form of refinement. There is alcohol - «comment» : I adore ! Jean François Bourdy prefers the 1934 to the 1947. I give two crosses because I prefer the 1947 today (some previous 1934 have been for me subjects of adoration).
2 - 116 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1929 - «aspect» : orange, has taken a little of grey clear - «nose» : true nose of Chateau Chalon - «taste» : it is magnificent, it is perfect, it is the true Chateau Chalon - «comment» : I adore, it is pure. I give three crosses
2 - 117 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1928 - «aspect» : gold neutral - «nose» : discrete - «taste» : sweet, seducing, gently round accomplished, without doubt too much sympathetic. What an alcohol ! - «comment» : magnificent, but rather archetypal. Very great, too much sweety. At this stage, I rank : 47/29/49/42/28
2 - 118 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1921 - «aspect» : orange, slightly troubled - «nose» : more austere, more strict - «taste» : pink grapefruit, discrete, subtle, refined, it is a true Chateau Chalon - «comment» : the 1928 is more seductive, but this one is more typed
2 - 119 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1911 - «aspect» : gold clear - «nose» : very marc, agreeable - «taste» : very astonishing, alcohol, it is simplified. It has alcohol, fruits oranges, it is simplified - «comment» : it is a wine of another planet. I had already drunk one which was clearly better. Nota : when it opens, it becomes more realistic and more great
2 - 120 - Chateau Chalon, Bourdy - 1895 - «aspect» : very nice gold, slightly tea, very nice colour - «nose» : magnificent, it is young, balanced, it has tea, fruits yellow - «taste» : magnificent, it is absolutely perfect. It has a roundness, an accomplishment and a youth. It is mad ! - «comment» : it is perfect. "it", it is the absolute perfection. It is exceptional, it deserves more than 100 points Parker as it is so unreal.

I rank 1895/47/29/49/42/28/34/11.

What is to say after such a tasting of 120 wines? A great variation of wines according to the millesimes. Age gives a lot of charm. It is clear that these wines have an ability to age which is unique.
Olivier Poussier, who has a knowledge that I have not, but who had a little less experience on old wines, left Besançon, convinced of the immense qualities of these old Jura wines.
I am happy to have been able to taste together so many wines, which gives a unique perspective. Thank you to all the people who have organised this unique event. We have the unique chance (us, consumers) that the Clavelin bottle is refused by USA. It will give me more chances to drink these treasures.